Sunday, 27 April 2014

this page discusses about being carried in a chair on poles in a different way on a festival to a regular day, not on the shoulders, but on lower in the hands. But R. Nahman allowed his wife Yalta to be carried high up as she was afraid of the crowd. also on this page is a comment by Resh Lakish that there are 3 impudent/fierce entities - Israel among the nations, dogs among the animals and a cock among the birds.

Friday, 25 April 2014

the old one allowed a whole goat to be roasted on pesach
and the young one allowed a cow to wear a bell on shabbat

but the cow was her cow
and the goat was roasted in Rome

(two different discussions. one about the various things that Rabban Gamliel permitted but the Rabbis prohibited, including this allowance of having a whole roasted goat on pesach. the rabbis prohibited as it may look like people were eating the pesach sacrifice that could only be eaten in the Temple during temple times. The other discussion is about things that R. Elazar b Azarya permitted but the Rabbis forbade. Including the case of his cow wearing a bell between it's horns on Shabbat. But the discussion that he had many cows, that this particular cow belonged to his neighbour and by his not rebuking her it becomes his cow as it looks like he permits this. what is interesting about these 2 seperate discussions is that R. Elazar b Azarya replaced Rabban Gamliel as the head after he was deposed in a rebellion in the study hall.)

Thursday, 24 April 2014

(on this page the case of being permitted to extinguish a smoking piece of wood as it will cause the room to fill with smoke, is brought as a counter argument to disallowing extinguishing lamps. also on this page is discussed adding incense to coals on a festival, deliberately to fill the room with perfumed smoke)

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

odd story that begins the discussion on a jew and a gentile having shared ownership of an animal, if it can be slaughtered on chag. R. Huna is asked the question about this and answers by saying: oh look! a raven has just flown past! distracting R. Aryva the Elder and leaves his question unanswered. the Talmud is not so easily distracted as the older rabbi and it continues to discuss about what can and cannot be done for a gentile on shabbat and festivals.

Friday, 18 April 2014

(can a gift be anonymous? the example of shabbat as a known gift from God is compared to Moses not knowing his God-given gift of a radiant face. the secret gift will eventually be revealed. also discussed is the case of gifting a small child with food and then daubing blue on the the child's eye so the mother will ask who has given to her child - it's a little creepy. the talmud says: Witchcraft! to paint eyes. I think it is creepy in other ways - later in the page the case of eruv tavshilin is discussed, if the person who makes the eruv if they need to know who they are preparing this for)

and the things that are fathered by the ground and not a male and the blood that absorbs into the ground.

(chickens have sex by day. bats at night. humans either night or day. depending on the time of copulation - so is the time of birth... apparently. and deciding if an egg has been fertilised by a cockerel or 'by the ground' and at the end of the page, this is compared to prepping earth to cover the blood of a slaughtered animal.

Monday, 7 April 2014

after the destruction the fruit will also disappear from jerusalem.
but the eggs status remain the same.

everyone who lives within 1 day walk of Jerusalem had to bring their 4th year fruit had to Jerusalem, to keep the markets stocked with fruit. after the destruction this no longer happened. Rabban Yochanan b. Zakkai did not revoke the decree about eggs laid on rosh hashana, but kept it in place, as the Temple might be rebuilt and not confuse as the egg was eaten last year.

the branch that fell from the tree
that turned into piece of coal
that fuel the beacons' fires.

this page compares an egg that was laid on festival to a branch falling from the tree. if it fell on one day, could it be used on the second day of the festival. are two-day festivals, outside of Israel, considered two separate days or one continuous day. Festivals are two days outside of Israel due to the system of beacons being disrupted by the Samaritans.

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